Brake for children s carriages



(No Model.)

G. R. PEARE.

BRAKE FOB. CHILDREN'S GARRIAG-ES. No. 264,415. Patented Sept. 12, 1882;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE It. PEARE, or LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

' BRAKE FOR CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,415,-datedSeptember 12, 1882.

Application filed January 24, 1882. (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, GEORGE R.PEARE, residin g at Lynn, in the county ofEssex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Brakes for Hand-Vehicles, of which the following,taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

The invention relates to that class of vehicles commonly propelled byhand; and it consists in combining withrigidly-attachedpropeIling-handles an 'independent automatic brakemechanism and a locking device carried by the handle, whereby the brakeis prevented from bearin g on the wheel until released from the lockingdevice.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of an entirecarriage embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of twowheels and a propeller-shaft, all detached from the rest of the vehicle,but embodying myinvention. Fig. 3 is a view of the locking device.

The vehicle itself is of well-known construction. The propeller-shaft,so called because it is the means by which the propelling-power isapplied to the vehicle, consists of a crossround, E, and two parallelside arms, D D. The side arms, D D, are provided with suitable bearings,in which a rock-shaft, B, isjournaled, as shown in Fig. 2. Said shaft B-curries an arm, H, on each end thereof, which arms H are arranged inline with the wheels of the carriage and have brake-shoes A attached totheir outer ends. The rock-shaft B is surrounded by a spiral spring, h,which connects with. the shaft at one end and with the side arm, I), atits opposite end. This spring tends to rock the shalt B so as to pressthe shoes A hard against the wheels of the carriage, so as to stop orretard the momentum thereof.

On the shaft B is a radial arm, O, the length of which is practicallyequal to the distance from the shaft B to the cross-round E. (See Fig.2.) It is fixed on the shaft in reference to the arms H, as shown inFig. 1, so that a movement of the arm G backward into line with the sidearms, D, turns the shaft B sufliciently to lift the shoes A off thewheels of the carriage.

On the cross-round E are two springs, a b, which support and bear upwardthe curved slab F, as shown in Fig. 3. The action of the springs upwardis limited by the straps cf.

A pin, d, is secured to the under side of slab F and plays down througha hole in the cross-round E, which hole is made through the cross roundin line with the radial arm 0. The length of the pin d is such that withthe slab F pushed upward, as in Fig. 3, the arm G will pass freely underthe end of the pin; but when the slab F is pressed downward upon thecross-round E the end of the pin will project below the cross-bar, so asto engage with and prevent the arm O from passing.

In propelling the vehicle the hands are supposed to embrace both theslab F and the rod E. The grip ordinarily required in order to move thevehicle along is also quite sufiicient to overcome the springs or b andforce the slab F down upon the cross-round E, thereby depressing the pin(1 sufficiently to engage with and hold the arm 0.

When the vehicle is about to he set in motion the brake-shoes A arelifted off the wheels of the carriage by pushing back the arm 0 till theend thereof passes the line of the pin d. Thereupon the pin cl isdepressed by a grip of the hand,.as before stated, so as to prevent thearm 0 from returning till the said grip is relaxed or the hand isremoved, thereby allowing the springs a b, by forcing upward the slab F,to withdraw the pin d and allow the arm O to pass forward.

I am aware that prior to this invention handvehicles have been providedwith mechanism tor'retarding or stopping the motion thereof. I thereforedo not claim such a combination; but

What I do claim is- I 1. The handle I), in combination with the pivotedlever-O, carrying the brake-shoe, and the swing-plate F, having the pind.

2. In combination, the shaft B, carrying the brake-shoes, the lever O,and a locking device attached to the handle.

3. Thecombination, with the brake-shoes and lever O, of the arm F,having the pin, the springs a b, and the cross-round E.

In testimony whercofI have signed my name to this specification.

' GEO. R. PEARE. In presence of- O. B. TUTTLE, (J. G. TUTTLE.

